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... instance of a neglected pastoral is the Arcadia , one of the books which , as Mr Greg says , ' everybody knows and nobody reads . ' The reason both for its vogue and for its neglect is to be found in the same fact - its complete ...
... instance of a neglected pastoral is the Arcadia , one of the books which , as Mr Greg says , ' everybody knows and nobody reads . ' The reason both for its vogue and for its neglect is to be found in the same fact - its complete ...
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... instance , so certain that before one can be ranked as a great poet one's ' vision ' — as Mr Bailey puts it - must ' take in the whole of life ' ? Doubtless the greatest productions of the human mind do possess this quality of ...
... instance , so certain that before one can be ranked as a great poet one's ' vision ' — as Mr Bailey puts it - must ' take in the whole of life ' ? Doubtless the greatest productions of the human mind do possess this quality of ...
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... instance , we find Thomas Rymer in his review of Othello declaring : " There is not a monkey but understands nature better , not a pug in Barbary that has not a truer taste of things . ' To us this is nonsense , and blasphemous nonsense ...
... instance , we find Thomas Rymer in his review of Othello declaring : " There is not a monkey but understands nature better , not a pug in Barbary that has not a truer taste of things . ' To us this is nonsense , and blasphemous nonsense ...
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A New History of Rome Jan 2 1909 page | 13 |
Sir Henry Wotton Nov 23 1907 | 23 |
The Swan of Lichfield Dec 7 1907 | 33 |
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